M ac hine for starti ng an d sizing hats



MACHINE FOR STARTING AND SIZING HATS.

No. 278,614. 1;" I Patented May 29,1883.

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"UNITED STAT PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM SIMMONDS, F YONKERS, N EYV YORK.

MACHINE. FOR STARTING. AND SIZING HATS.

SDECIFICATTON forming part of LettersPatent No 278,614, dated May 29, 1883.

Application filed December 23, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WiLLrAM SIMMONDS, of

Yonkers, Westch ester county, New York have corresponding parts in all the figures.-

. partly in section.

Figure l is a plan viewofinyimprovenient,

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken through the line 00 :10, Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a part of the same, showing the driving-gearing.-

The object of this invention is to facilitate the starting and sizing of hats. i

The invention consistsin amachine for starting and sizing bats, constructed with a frame provided with three rollers, two journaled to stationary bearings and one journaled to sliding bearings, wheels attached to their journals and meshing into intermediate gear-wheels suspended by bars from the said journals. The movable roller is held back by springs and drawn forward by cords and a treadle connected with the bearings of the. said movable roller. "i To the vat beneath the frame is attached a table providedwwith an edge flange .toreceive the hat-rolls from the rollers and prevent the said rolls from rolling into the said vat. The rollers are made with small rollers placed in semicylindricalrecesses formed in thefaces of the main rollers and journaled to the end flanges The rollers are driven bygear of the said main rollers, as will be herein-after 1 fully described.

A is the frame of the machine.

B is the rear upper roller, the journals of which revolve in bearings 0, attached to the rear part of the top of the frame A.

D is the lower roller, the journals of which revolvefin bearings in hangers E, attached to the under sides of the top side bars of the frame A.

F is the forward upper roller, the journals of which revolve in sliding bearings Gr, placed upon the top bars of the frame Aand'made to move forward and back in straight lines in tongues and grooves or other suitable guides.

(No model.)

springs H, attached to the bearings C Gr,\ and its rearward movement is limited by blocks I, or otherstops attached to the topof the frame A, between the bearings 0G; Y To the bearings Gr are attached the endsof two cords, U, which pass over'guide-pulleys K, pivoted to supports attached to the forward sides of the upper forward corners of the frame A. Thelower ends of the cords J areattached to a bar, L, suspended by the said cords J in such a position that itcan be readily pressed The roller F is held back by spiral or other I down by the operator with his foot to draw the roller F forward and discharge the hat-rolls when desired. t

The rollers B D-F are so arranged that the space between them will be of a proper size to receive a hat-roll. In the face of each of the rollers B D F are formed four (more or less) semi-cylindrical gro0ves,in which are placed small rollers B D F, the ends of which re-- volve in hearings to in flanges 1), formed upon or attached to the ends of the said rollers, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the said rollers B D F will project for about half their diameters beyond the surface of the rollers B D F, as shown in Fig. 2.

To a. journal of 'the' roller D is attached a gear-wheehM, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of the two gear-wheels N, the journals of which revolve in hearings in the ends of the bars 0 P. The lower ends of the bars 0 are perforated to receive and ride upon the journal of the roller D. The upper endsof the bars I? are perforated to receive and hang upon the journals of the rollers BF, to which jourthe centers of the suspended gear-wheels N V will always be at the same distance from the centers of the gear-wheels M Q, so that the i said gear-wheels will always be inmesh, however the rollerF may be adjusted.

R is thewater-vat, which is placed beneath .the forward part of the frame A, and to the a forward part of its top is attached a table, S,

for the workmen to roll and unroll the hats upon. The table is made with a slight rearo ward inclination, so that the drip-water will flow back into the vat R.

To the rear part of the top of the vat R. is attacheda table, '1, to receive the hat-rolls whenthey are discharged from the rollers. The forward edge of the table T is provided with an upwardly-projectin g flange, T, of sufficient height to prevent thehat-rolls from rolling into the vat B when they drop upon the said table.

In using the machine the workman prepares the hat-rolls upon the table S, and then drops the said hat-rolls through the space between the top rollers, B F, into the space between the three rollers B D F, where they are oper- 1 ated upon by the small rollers B D F, as the said rollers B D F revolve in manner veryv similar to hand-rolling. -When the hat-rolls have been suffioientlyoperated upon, the workman presses the treadle L down with. his foot,

which draws the roller F forward and allows the said hat-rolls to fall upon the-table T,

whence they are removed by the workman,

5 1. Amachine for starting and sizinghats, l

constructed substantially as hereinshown and described-,and consisting of the frame A, the rollers B D, journaled in stationary bearings, and the roller F, journaled in slidingbearings G, mechanism for driving the rollers, springs H, blocks I, cords J, and treadle L, as set forth.

2. In a machine for starting and sizing hats, the combination, with the stationary rollersB D, sliding bearings G, movable roller F, springs H, cords J, and treadle L, of the gear-wheels Q Q N M and bars 0 0 P P, all pivoted to each other and to the journals of the gearwheel's, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a machine for starting and sizing hats, the combination. with the sliding bearings-G and the movable roller F, of the springs H, the v cords J, and the treadle L, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said movable roller can be readily moved forward to discharge the hat-rolls, as set forth.

' 4. In-;a machine for starting and sizing hats, the combination, with the rollers B D, sliding roller F, treadle L, and the vat R, of the table '1, having edge flange, T, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the hatrolls are received from the said rollers and are kept from rolling into the said vat,-as set forth.

' WILLIAM SIMMONDS.

. Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, CJSEDGWIOK. 

